MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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